[mou] Pine County owl survey--few seen

[Deb Sewell]

My family and I did an owl survey Saturday afternoon 2/5 starting about
3:00, on roads where I have seen as many as 10 great gray owls during my
evening commute (around 5 pm). We only saw one great gray owl during the
survey; it was along County Road 30, 1/4 mi west of Tauer/Horbacz road
(Danforth Twp). Other roads along the route were Wolf Creek Road (CR
146/22), CR 21, CR 32, CR 22 north to Bruno, and CR 44 west of Bruno. It
is interesting to read the other similar and not so similar accounts. 

I did have the opportunity to observe one great gray owl from my house
for about an hour around noon Sunday. It was perched in an elm tree on
the edge of a sedge lowland for most of the time, although it flew to
other nearby trees occasionally. I did not see it take any prey. 

Deb Sewell
Fisheries Specialist
DNR Hinckley Area Fisheries
(320) 384-7721